Polly Ngale

Polly Ngale (Ngala) was born in 1940 in Utopia, an area located 270km North East of Alice Springs. She belongs to the oldest living generation of Utopia women and is considered one of the most accomplished artists to have worked there during the past twenty years.

This area is known for producing some of Australia’s most well-known female Aboriginal artists.

Now an elder in her community, Polly’s colourful works portray the ‘Bush Plum’ (Arnwetky), of which she and her sisters, Kathleen and Angelina Ngale are senior custodians.

Her work has appeared in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award since 2003. Her honourable mention as a 2004 finalist was followed by representation at the Contemporary Art Fair in Paris at the Grand Palais Champs Elysees. Polly was also represented in the exhibition Emily Kngwarreye and her Legacy at the Hillside Forum Daikanyama Tokyo in 2008.

"Dreaming" is often used to refer to an Aboriginal individual's or group's set of beliefs or spirituality.
The "Dreaming" is met when people live according to law, and live the lore: perpetuating initiations and Dreaming transmissions or lineages, singing the songs, dancing the dances, telling the stories, painting the Dreamings.

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